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along the northern side of the river, very few tributaries enter the
Cottonwood River from the north. The largest is Sleepy Eye Creek, 51 miles (82 km) long, which flows eastwardly through Redwood and Brown Counties, past
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Cottonwood River flows generally eastwardly throughout its course. It rises southwest of
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Due to the northeastward slope of the Coteau des
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Mitton, G. B.; K. G. Guttormson; G. W. Stratton; E. S. Wakeman.
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Minnesota placenames of Native American origin
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Streams within the
Cottonwood River Major Watershed
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530:List of longest streams of Minnesota
842:Rivers of Redwood County, Minnesota
712:The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota
645:Minnesota State University, Mankato
616:Minnesota State University, Mankato
565:Geographic Names Information System
401:, as an intermittent stream on the
822:Tributaries of the Minnesota River
641:"Cottonwood River Major Watershed"
612:"Cottonwood River Major Watershed"
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827:Rivers of Brown County, Minnesota
684:Cottonwood River near New Ulm, MN
21:Cottonwood River (disambiguation)
16:River in Minnesota, United States
837:Rivers of Lyon County, Minnesota
789:. 1994. pp. 20, pp. 29–31.
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680:United States Geological Survey
501:United States Geological Survey
194: • coordinates
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424:, the northeastern corner of
412:dividing the Mississippi and
245:152.4 mi (245.3 km)
80:Physical characteristics
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525:List of rivers of Minnesota
472:and Redwood Counties, past
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618:. 6 June 2000. pp.
237:794 ft (242 m)
40:The Cottonwood River in
535:Little Cottonwood River
341:Cottonwood Grove River
509:cubic feet per second
216:44.28472°N 94.41528°W
136:44.20167°N 95.93500°W
384:Big Cottonwood River
374:name for the river,
19:For other uses, see
817:Rivers of Minnesota
649:General Description
442:Flandrau State Park
403:Coteau des Prairies
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418:till plains
399:Lyon County
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811:Categories
546:References
456:and 1969.
380:cottonwood
378:, for the
250:Basin size
207:94°24′55″W
204:44°17′05″N
127:95°56′06″W
124:44°12′06″N
495:Flow rate
364:watershed
356:Minnesota
348:tributary
262:Discharge
75:Minnesota
519:See also
489:Wetlands
485:soybeans
407:morainic
59:Location
787:DeLorme
721:288–303
499:At the
446:New Ulm
434:Sanborn
410:plateau
391:Balaton
366:of the
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183:New Ulm
64:Country
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470:Murray
466:Cobden
450:dammed
372:Dakota
324:Dakota
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242:Length
89:Source
275:near
181:near
167:Mouth
72:State
791:ISBN
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596:GNIS
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513:m³/s
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